Steve wrote:
On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 21:58:38 GMT, Richard J. wrote:

I think the quote is just wrong. The road is particularly low at
this point as there is a draw dock there (a slope down to the river
to enable boats to be launched), but I doubt very much if it's
flooded often in the week or so centred on the neap tides (roughly
at the quarter phases of the Moon).

Does it flood over, or out of the drains? I'm not familiar with the
north side. The two areas I've seen flood loads of times, at
richmond front and the Brewary Tap in brentford (oops trapped in the
pub again!), they both flood out of the drains a long time before the
water comes over the bank.

On Chiswick Mall, the flood comes straight in from the river, flowing along
the road from the lowest point. The Brewery Tap at Brentford is actually on
the River Brent. Isn't it upstream of Thames Lock? If so, that may explain
why the drains provide the flood route.

Of course they always flood at high neap tides, unless the barrier is
raised.

You mean spring tides, I assume.

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